Sanitary cover for toilet seats



Feb. 14, 1928..

Y cs. J. WASSON SANITARY COVER FOR TOILET SEATS Filed June 30, 1927 EMLPatented l 'ebi id,

outrun GEORGE J. \HASSON, U1 PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY CQVER FOP; TOILET SEATQ,

Application filed June 39, 182?. Serial No. 202,652.

This invention relates to a sanitary cover for toilet seats, one of theobjects being to provide device of this character formed of tissue andhaving connected thereto attaching means for engagement with the seat,thereby to hold the cover firmly in place, the said attaching meansbeing formed of a material which will disintegrate quickly in wateralthough normally of sutlicient stiffness to provide eihcient attachingmeans.

A. further object is to provide a device oi this character, which afteronce being used, can be discarded in the hopper without danger ofchoking the same.

l/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription roceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention,

in the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings,

Figure l is a bottom plan view of the cover, the fastening means beingshown folded thereagainst.

Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the cover connected to a seat.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section through a portion of the seat showingone of the fastening means in engagement therewith.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a sheetof tissue shaped to properly cover a seat S and attached to the bottomsurface of this cover close to the margin thereof by means of anadhesive are hook-shaped tabs 2 having long bills 3 extending inwardlytoward the center of the cover, these tabs being normally flat againstthe surface of the cover as shown particularly in Figure 1. Each of thetabs is formed of a material which will quickly soften and disintegratewhen placed in water but, under normal conditions, is of FillfilClQIll?stiffness to constitute an efficient fastening means. Each tab isadapted to be bent along a score line 4 so that the hook portion thereofwill extend perpendicularly to the cover. After being thus located theseveral hoolrs of the tabs are placed in engagement with the lowersurface of the seat S at the margin thereof, thereby to hold the coverfirmly in position as shown particularly in Figures 2 and 3. The bill isso shaped as to fit snugly against the bottom of the seat and theremaining portion of the tab will overhang the marginal portion of theseat as shown particularly in Figure 8.

it will be understood that after the cover has been used it can bereadily removed, crumpled up and discarded by throwing it into the waterin a hopper where it will dissolve quickly. Prior to use the cover canbe folded into a small package so as to be carried readily,

What is claimed is:

A device of the class described including a cover of tissue andseatengaging hooks of a normally stiff material adapted readily todisintegrate in water, said hooks being normally folded flat against thecover and being shiftable to position perpendicular thereto forengagement with the marginal portion of the seat.

lln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have heretoaffixed my signature.

GEORGE J. WASSQN.

